People are just the worst on the MBTA

With the holidays really, truly over, and life in the city beginning to return to its usual routines, one thing was clear: Bostonians hate each other, at least when they have to ride the MBTA together.

In the past seven days, there were more Twitter users embracing the #MBTAannoy hashtag to complain about their fellow passengers than about any other topic, including the system's (alleged) slowness and unreliability.

The complaints are partly related to the city's current flu outbreak and partly caused by the usual daily discourtesy, and maybe folks are just a little bit short tempered as they return to those usual routines.

In at least one case, the complaints stemmed from what almost sounds like a SWAT Team situation.

And watching the police kick a passenger off my bus #mbtaannoyCaitlin

"Just try and make me get off this bus. You can arrest more, I'm not moving." This is not a good sign for me getting home on time #mbtaannoyCaitlin

Speaking of the Orange Line, Anna has pretty much had it up to here with that particular subway segment:

If you want a literal interpretation of what a trip ‘to hell in a hand basket’ would feel like, ride the #OrangeLine. #MBTA #MBTAannoyAnna Graham

And Chelsea used #MBTAannoy to voice even more general disapproval of the system:

#MBTAannoy that is all.Chelsea Bathurst

At least Julie was enjoying having the hashtag to express her frustration:

@mattkoch I love that the #MBTAannoy hashtag exists! Good luck getting where u need to goJulie Hough

And Jennifer was glad not to have many occasions to use it:

The best part of January is that I hardly have to take the #mbta #mbtabragJennifer O'Neil

As these tweets amply demonstrate, there's almost no T-related situation in which you can't employ #MBTAannoy or (less often) #MBTAbrag. Keep that in mind as you traverse the rails and bus trails of Eastern Massachusetts, and pick up your bag off that empty seat next to you. Somebody needs to sit down.